Improvement in key-books



I. H. GATES.

KEY-BOOK.

Patented Dec. 7,1875.

Watn asses.

IL PETERS. PNOTO-UTMOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT"OFFICE.

JULIAN H. GATES, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN'KEY-BQOKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 170,668, dated December7, 1875; application filed October 1, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIAN H. GATES, of

Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State book open with a singlekey inserted. Fig. 2

is a View of the key-book closed.

Almost every man has need to carry in his pocket a bunch of keys. Theyare generally strung upon a ring, and, as tossed about in the pocket,they wear and mar other articles, and unnecessarily wear the pocket.

'My invention is a device for clothing the keys in a kind of book, so asto prevent their wear, one upon another; also, their contact with otherarticles in the pocket, and their wear upon the pocket itself.

The body of the book a has pockets b for as many keys as desired, andpreferably the flap c. Transversely through all the pockets,

near one end, runs the pin, or chain, or strap d, which is removable.This pin runs through the hole in the handle of the keys, each key lyingin a pocket. The pin 01, shown in the drawing, is headed, and has uponthe other, end, just inside the body of the book, a nut;

but 1 do not restrict myself to a pin, chain, strap, or cord, for allthese, and other analogous things, may be used for the same purpose.

I prefer the book to be made of leather; but the material is notessential, as cloth, or felt, or rubber, or other suitable material, maybe used.

I prefer that the ends of the flaps or partitions which separate thepockets be connected by an elastic cord, 6, so as to allow them todilate sufficiently, and yet snugly embrace the keys; but these ends canbe left open, or tightly connected in the common method of apocket-book, if desired. Such a book may have but a single pocket for asingle key, or for a number of keys; but I prefer as hereinbeforedescribed.

I am aware that pocket-books have heretofore been made having an elasticgusset running from leaf to leaf, and forming a permanent part of thebook, and that memorandumbooks have been made, having arrangements ofspring hooks and needles for holding the leaves in the book; and neitherof them do I claim as my invention.

My device differs from these, among other things, in that its pin isremovable at pleasure to take on and put off keys; that it in no senseserves to hold the leaves in place, out is itself held in place by them;that it is in nowise attached to the covers; and that it is located nearone. end of the book, and raised or removed from the hinge or back, soas to be in a convenient place for holding keys; and

1 claim as my invention- A key-book, having pocket I) and removablekey-pin d, located as herein set forth, all substantially as described.

JULIAN H. GATES.

Witnesses:

- WM. E. SrMoNDs, EDWARD S. BILL.

